The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning about “addictive” e-cigarettes and said they should be strictly regulated and taxed by governments to protect public health ...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its eighth report on “the global tobacco epidemic”, for the first time presenting facts, figures – and opinion – on new and emerging products such as e-cigarettes ... -
The Italian Senate is close to considering temporary tax relief for e-cigarettes in the country – a move financial experts do not expect to cause any significant drop in the overall volume of tax collected... -
This report provides an overview of both national and state law for vaping products in Australia ... -
The government of Costa Rica does not believe this is the time to debate a proposal to impose a new tax on e-cigarettes – a proposal that has been described by the country’s attorney general... -
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is considering an amendment that would temporarily lower the excise duties on vaping products ... -
The German parliament, the Bundestag, has introduced a new gradual tax scheme that, if adopted, would mean Germany would have one of the highest tax on e-liquids in the EU by 2026 ... -
There is no specific current law regulating e-cigarette products in the Dominican Republic. This report outlines possible scenarios for their future regulation ... -
This report provides an overview of the German vaping market, covering everything from market size, e-liquids and hardware, to factors such as EVALI and Covid-19 ... -
This report addresses Russian e-cigarette users’ product choices and behaviour, based on our online consumer survey conducted throughout January and February 2021 ... -
This report is the analysis of the latest ECigIntelligence US vape consumer survey, carried out at the end of 2020 and in early 2021 ... -
A few months after Wisconsin’s Democratic governor Tony Evers presented a budget introducing changes to the way vapour products are taxed, the US state’s Republican-controlled legislature looks ready to scrap it ... -
Spanish anti-smoking organisations have urged the government to introduce a tax scheme for e-cigarettes as part of the new Tobacco Act that is expected to be approved by the end of 2021 ... -
This report details the regulatory framework for e-cigarette products in France, including age, product, packaging and advertising restrictions, public usage, notification requirements, taxation and sanctions ... -
This reports details the regulation of e-cigarettes which came into force in Russia on 31st July 2020, including planned future tax rises and scheduled changes in sanctions ... -
Germany will implement a new per ml tax scheme for e-liquids from next year after adjustments to the German Tobacco Law were passed by the Bundestag ... -
This report offers macroeconomic indicators across Latin America, an overview of the markets, and regulatory status of the main countries. A detailed analysis of eight countries and an overview of a further four is included... -
Vapour products were legalised in Jordan in 2019. This report offers an overview of the current regulatory regime for such products, covering everything from product and age restrictions to taxation and sanctions ... -
Serbia is likely to be the last country in the Balkans region of southern Europe to apply specific regulation to e-cigarettes. This report considers what laws and rules currently apply, and how they could change... -
Political parties in Germany are negotiating a change in the tax scheme for nicotine e-liquids, moving away from the government’s proposal and the way the due sum is calculated ... -
The Royal College of Physicians has called on the UK government to reduce the tax burden on e-cigarettes while raising the legal minimum age for purchasing combustible tobacco products ... -
E-cigarettes are regulated in Israel as smoking products and as such are subject to the same regulation as combustible cigarettes. This report offers an overview of the current regulatory framework ... -
All types of e-cigarettes, both with and without nicotine, are regulated in Slovenia. This report offers an overview of the current regulatory framework in place for e-cigarettes and related products ... -
The New York metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the US and some independent cities and counties have generated various restrictions on vaping products. This report provides an overview ... -
All products derived from tobacco leaves, and nicotine e-cigarette products, are considered as tobacco products in South Korea. This report offers an overview of the current regulatory regime for vaping products ... -
This report looks at Japan's vaping market, covering everything from market size, form factors and retail channels, to e-liquids and hardware ... -
Talks have revealed continuing division between members of Germany's Bundestag on proposed tax changes, with a debate on whether taxation of tobacco alternatives should be based on health promotion or revenue ... -
Import, manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes and their components are banned in Taiwan. This report provides an overview of all national and regional regulation ... -
This report provides an overview of the current laws and restrictions around e-cigs in Japan, focusing on areas such as advertising, labelling and packaging, age and product restrictions, taxation and enforcement ... -
Pakistan still has a long way go in the process of regulating e-cigarettes. This report provides an overview of the current regulation in place for vaping products ... -
Representatives in both US chambers have recently reintroduced an old piece of legislation that would establish the first ever federal tax on vapour products, but whether it will have enough political support to be adopted... -
This report is based on responses to our Polish consumer survey, with over 90% of the respondents being ex-smoker solus users ... -
This report explains the ambiguities and contradictions in e-cigarette regulation in India, where the sale, import and manufacture of vapour products have officially been banned since December 2019 ... -
This report offers a thorough analysis of the current regulatory regime in Italy for e-cigarettes, covering all aspects of law from age and product restriction to packaging and labelling, and advertising and tax ... -
Flavours continue to be both a major selling point and a major point of regulatory effort and controversy where e-cigarettes and tobacco products are concerned. ECigIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips share his views ... -
Businesses in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan are preparing for a new 20% tax on vaping products, while the government has also announced plans to further restrict sales of flavoured e-cigs ... -
Tax officials in Brussels are agreed that the harmonising of excise duties on tobacco alternatives is urgent after calls from EU member states and the sector to put an end to the different national tax... -
The plan for a new e-liquid tax is creating tensions in Germany’s governing coalition, with some members of chancellor Angela Merkel’s party opposing the scheme ahead of the start of the legislative process in the... -
The regulatory framework for vapour products in New Zealand is undergoing a major change. This report provides an overview of all current and future regulations for vaping products in the country ... -
The Canadian government aims to implement a new federal excise duty on vaping products from 2022 “to help curtail harmful consumption” of e-cigarettes ... -
This report covers the current regulatory landscape for vapour products in Switzerland, together with an analysis of possible or likely future regulation ... -
The Polish e-cigarette market is one of the most constrained by regulation in Europe. This report covers the current regime for vaping products, including the latest legal changes and the likely impact of a recent... -
A Texas House of Representatives committee hearing on Monday showcased a coincidence between the vapour industry and anti-tobacco groups: both camps are opposed to a bill, but for different reasons ... -
Vaping representatives in Germany warned that the government proposal to tax nicotine-containing vaping products from next year is based on wrong assumptions and puts an excessively high burden on the sector ... -
This report covers the current regulatory framework for vaping products in Algeria ... -
A draft amendment to the Chinese Tobacco Monopoly Law was released at the end of March. Pablo Cano Trilla, ECigIntelligence’s head of legal analysis, considers how e-cigarette regulation in China is likely to be affected... -
This report provides an overview of the current regulatory framework for vaping products in Macau, a special administrative region of China ... -
Lawmakers and officials in Estonia are divided over the suspension of collection of tax on e-liquids, which starts today and lasts until December 2022 ... -
The Philippine E-Cigarette Industry Association (PECIA) has called for “more realistic” excise duties on e-cigarettes during a consultation by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ... -
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current regulatory regime for e-cigs and their related products in Slovakia ...
